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Mars Rover Rolls And Turns

Posted by timothy on from the now-make-it-beg dept.

hcg50a writes "MSNBC reports that overnight, 'the golfcart-sized rover cut the final cord tying it to the landing platform that it came in on 10 days ago, then backed up about 10 inches (25 centimeters) and turned 45 degrees. These were the first maneuvers planned in preparation for having Spirit roll 10 feet (3 meters) down a ramp onto the Martian surface on Wednesday night or early Thursday morning.' The NASA Mars rover website has complete animations from numerous cameras of the 45-degree turn. Driver training was never this cool!"

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  1. Re:linux at nasa by dmiller · · Score: 4, Insightful

    You mean "looks like they are using X" - it could easuly be BSD, Solaris or any other Unix-like OS.

  2. Re:Am I the only one? by dekashizl · · Score: 4, Insightful

    These rover updates are BY FAR more newsworthy than the latest Scott Peterson updates that seem to come in every couple of days on nearly all major news outlets.

    Updates on the progress of the rover are NEW, and they are NEWS. I completely understand if you don't find it interesting, but in that case why do you click on the headlines, read the stories, and post about them? Just ignore them.

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